Order of Seizure, U.S. v. Negro Slave Ben, July 5, 1816

To the Marshall of the Mississippi Territory. Greeting on his deputy –

You are hereby Commanded to Seize and into your possession take a certain Negro Slave named
Ben five feet and four inches in height twenty
five year of age. or there abouts – who has
been brought into Said Territory from a foreign
port or place, towit from Pensacola, a place of
West Florida within the Dominions of Spain. And
jurisdiction of Ferdinand the Seventh, King of Spain
contrary to the laws of the said States - [?] and– that you cite and admonish all and every person
having or pretending to have any right title interest
in or to the same Negro Slave, to be and appear at
the Superior Court to be holden at the Town of
Mobile in Mobile County the 3rd Monday in
October next to show cause if any they have
can to said Court when in session why the said
Slave Should not be deemed forfeited under the
laws of the[se?] United States and disposed of accordingly
to a Statute of Said territory in such case
made and providences.

Witness the Honorable Harry [?] Toulon [?]
Esqr. a judge of Said Territory in and for the
District of Washington the fifth day of
July 1816